I think there may be a chart somewhere with the official versions (other than the Distro Watch charts which are full of errors), but I would like see a chart which includes the kernel for the derivatives and projects. Of course it would be hard to do for all the derivatives, but it would be nice for at least some.

They are sometimes mentioned in threads, sometimes not, sometimes you have to go through the whole thread, which makes it pretty complicated...

The reason being is that certain versions of the 3.* kernels have some incompatibility with older computers. Of course natural selection is going to make these Puppy versions less used, but it would be nice to compare.

Here is a bare-bones listing of Puppy versions. Perhaps you could suggest a system of superscripts to denote kernel version or architecture compiled for. Or just make a supplementary catalog of versions related to kernel version/target architecture.

I wondered if there is a way of obtaining the kernel version from looking into the iso?

You can open (mount) the ISO by clicking on it and then mount again the puppy sfs to read DISTRO_KERNEL_PET in /etc/DISTRO_SPECS._________________Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice? Get the sfs (English only).

Don't know how to automate it, but if you just mount the iso then right click on vmlinuz in Rox, and look at 'properties', it contains kernel info.
[EDIT]
Yes there is a way. This script extracts the kernel config from a vmlinuz. You don't need all of it, so a bit of grep and cut, should get rid of the chaff.
Change line 25 to

Code:

cat $tmp1 | grep "Linux kernel version"

and you just get

Code:

Linux kernel version: 2.6.24.3

rather than the whole config file.
If someone more useful than me can do the bit to mount and unmount the isos, (and also extract the iso name) you might be in business.Last edited by Keef on Wed 27 Mar 2013, 19:08; edited 1 time in total

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